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The Republican-dominated House’s version of the Violence Against Women Act, up for reauthorization, would not only curtail protections for women, but also, some say, reverse hard-earned advances for women in the United States. This weekend, Melissa Harris-Perry brought together a lively panel, including Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, to examine how the Republican bill would hurt women and target minorities and immigrants in particular.

—Elizabeth Whitman

Melissa Harris-PerryTwitterMelissa Harris-Perry is the Presidential Endowed Chair in Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University and a contributing editor of The Nation.